Iskay in the Good Way Listening Room

The Good Way Listening Room is a new concert experience curated for Emporia, Kansas. Immersive and Intimate, this series invites listeners to lose themselves in the moment through music.
"Iskay” is a duo based in Kansas City that plays traditional South American music. Amado Espinoza, from Bolivia, is a unique composer/performing artist specializing in the Bolivian Charango. He is a unique performing artist that respects his folk traditions of the Andes Mountains, while creating compositions that are sincere to his musicalwanderlust personality. Playing over 40 instruments from all over the world. He is joined by his musical brother, Pedro Calderon (Peru) - flutes, guitar, vocals. Pedro has lived and collaborated with many musical groups in Kansas City.
Amado Espinoza respects his folk traditions of the Andes Mountains while creating compositions that are sincere to his musical-wanderlust personality.
Amado most recently received the 2022 Spirit of Folk award from Folk Alliance International. He is a 2019 grant recipient of the Lighton International Artist Exchange Program, a 2017 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Arts Fellow.
Amado works as a solo performer and with his groups the Amado Espinoza Quartet, Colectivo Yanquitl, and Ayllu. He is a featured artist with Ensemble Iberica (Kansas City, MO), Oil rock band (Cochabamba, Bolivia) and guides musical meditations.
He composes for film, theatre, and dance. Notable projects include The Tempest (2021), with Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, El Amor que Mueve el Sol y Las Demas Estrellas (2020) for Kansas City Public Theatre, The Storytelling Project (2018) with UMKC’s MFA Theatre Acting and Directing Program, and We are the Landscape (2016), an independent theatrical offering to the Pachamama (Mother Earth) in Kansas City, Mo.
In October, 2019, Amado was invited by the Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA, to give a masterclass on Andean Music, with emphasis on pre-Colombian instruments.
He co-founded Resonation Music and Arts, LLC with theatre-artist Karen Lisondra to use educational programming to inspire curiosity and respect for world cultures through music, dance, and storytelling.
Amado is a graduate of Milan Conservatory in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Pedro Calderon is a Kansas City-based musician specializing in South American music, particularly from Peru and Bolivia, playing instruments including the flute, guitar, bass, and quena. He is a key collaborator with Ayllu KC and performs with Ensemble Iberica.